Four Corners Park

The Four Corners Park is a park in the Paulus Hook section of Jersey City, New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington's Continental Army established a "flying camp" fort on the land, but it was later placed under British occupation following the American defeats in New York. In a nighttime raid on the property on 19 August 1779, Henry Lee III took 158 British prisoners following the Battle of Paulus Hook. During the 1970s, Jersey City built a Washington Monument-inspired obelisk at the site to commemorate the battle, and plans were made in the 2000s and 2010s to renovate the park to make it a bigger attraction.